6 Nearly contemporary recruiting posters of the nineteenth century for the Royal Marines and the United States Marine Corps. Both posters emphasise the opportunity for winning prize money, while the British poster, printed during the War of 1812 or as the British then called it ‘The American War’, advertises the bounty paid to recruits. Note that American eighteen-year-old recruits were 4½in taller than their British boy rivals. (Royal Marines Museum and courtesy of USMC)
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